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Happy Titanic Remembrance Day (1912)! 🧊🚢⤵️
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Steve in Idaho reacted to sailsman63's post in the thread The Home Improvement Build: A budget (hopefully lightweight) lapstrake solo build. with
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So I went and had a crazy three weeks. I've gotten some work done, but didn't have the bandwidth to post as I went. First thing that I... -
Steve in Idaho reacted to Alan Gage's post in the thread The Home Improvement Build: A budget (hopefully lightweight) lapstrake solo build. with Like.
Cottonwood tends to have interlocking grain and is generally resistant to splitting. It might not be as tough as what you're looking for...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to sailsman63's post in the thread The Home Improvement Build: A budget (hopefully lightweight) lapstrake solo build. with Like.
I've looked. It's not present. Even walking the woods - all of it died over a decade ago. There are maybe some sapling sized stuff, and...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to sailsman63's post in the thread The Home Improvement Build: A budget (hopefully lightweight) lapstrake solo build. with Like.
Southwest Wisconsin. The Driftless. We've got wood - Hardwood. I can find you locally harvested Hard and Soft Maples, Cherry, Walnut...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Boatman53's post in the thread The Home Improvement Build: A budget (hopefully lightweight) lapstrake solo build. with Like.
We used AC exterior for plywood. It was not the treated wood because the kids were hands on as much as possible. Each boat chose their...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to sailsman63's post in the thread The Home Improvement Build: A budget (hopefully lightweight) lapstrake solo build. with Like.
No fir! The stuff I'm working with is Southern Yellow Pine, untreated. I have run across references to fir shedding paint, but it was...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Boatman53's post in the thread The Home Improvement Build: A budget (hopefully lightweight) lapstrake solo build. with Like.
As a professional boat builder for more than thirty years my advise is to not use fir plywood, exterior or otherwise. I’ve taught...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to sailsman63's post in the thread The Home Improvement Build: A budget (hopefully lightweight) lapstrake solo build. with Like.
Kind of a potato day for the build today, so you get possibly too many photos of a scarf joint. When a scarf joint fits up properly, it...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to sailsman63's post in the thread The Home Improvement Build: A budget (hopefully lightweight) lapstrake solo build. with Like.
I re-built my strongback and got to aligning my building forms: These turned out nice and true, and then I set up a rough splining to...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to sailsman63's post in the thread The Home Improvement Build: A budget (hopefully lightweight) lapstrake solo build. with Like.
So, it's been over a year. I know I teased some of you over in the winter projects thread. I'm back to the basic hull shape that I...
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Steve in Idaho replied to the thread Winter conversation.I was having that same thought, but I haven't actually tested it. I have yet to return to the places I saw overrun by Covid Campers...
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I've been visiting, hiking, camping, paddling in the ADK's all my life. While I agree that the modern Olympics would overwhelm Lake...
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They disturb the nature of an area forever. New roads and facilities don’t just evaporate afterwards. Bigger everything, from airport...
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I believe the games has grown a lot since 1980. Just think of the housing needed for all the athletes, support staff, TV crews and...
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Economically, having another Olympics would be a shot in the arm to both Lake Placid and the surrounding area. That said, winter roads...
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